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Baker Botts L.L.P. Offices
700 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001-5692
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Ryan Norfolk
Work Department
Global Projects / Energy Regulatory
Position
Special Counsel
Career
Ryan Norfolk advises clients in complex, high-stakes energy regulatory matters at both the state and federal level, focusing on contested regulatory proceedings and enforcement matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Department of Energy (DOE), and state public utility commissions including the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, and the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
Ryan advises electric utilities, gas utilities, independent power producers, generation (both thermal and renewable) and transmission developers, energy traders and marketers, infrastructure funds, and private equity investors on a panoply of issues arising in both the physical and financial markets for electricity, natural gas, oil, and petroleum products.
Ryan also advises clients in the complex regulatory aspects of structured physical and financial energy transactions, project development transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and wholesale power and natural gas transactions.
Before entering private practice, Ryan clerked for the Honorable H. Peter Young and the Honorable Charlotte J. Hardnett with FERC’s Office of Administrative Law Judges and Dispute Resolution. He began his legal career as assistant general counsel and regulatory advisor to an international energy services consultancy group.
Memberships
District of Columbia Bar
Energy Bar Association
Education
J.D., George Washington University Law School 2006
with honors
B.A., Political Science, University of Michigan 2001
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
Baker Botts L.L.P. handles a broad range of regulatory and litigation mandates in the oil and gas sector, such as representing clients in hearings surrounding transportation rates for natural gas, permitting of regulated facilities and counselling concerning regulatory changes. The regulation team is also noted for its capability in handling contentious matters, particularly when representing clients in administrative litigation and judicial reviews of agency decisions, as well as compliance and enforcement cases. Emil Barth has acted as first chair on regulatory hearings before the FERC and regularly advises on regulatory, litigation and project development matters, while Michael Yuffee focuses on enforcement defense and other regulatory mandates relating to the wholesale energy markets. Houston-based James Barkley jointly leads the team alongside Jay Ryan, and special counsel Ryan Norfolk regularly handles matters surrounding enforcement defense, internal investigations and administrative litigation. All named practitioners are based in the firm’s Washington DC office, unless stated otherwise.
United States > Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
Baker Botts L.L.P. fields one of the largest national energy practice groups and is positioned to assist clients in navigating the diverse potential regulatory hurdles facing the U.S. electricity market. The team represent prominent members of the energy industry including large multi-state utilities, private equity-backed generation and transmission portfolio companies, investors and developers of renewable and energy storage assets. Its lawyers also assist clients on niche regulatory matters such as hydroelectric licensing and enforcement/compliance matters before FERC. Based in Washington DC, Michael Yuffee focuses on regulatory, enforcement defense and transactional markets relating to the wholesale energy markets, and, together with Ryan Norfolk, recently worked on a matter which involved representing a company before FERC on all transmission rate, policy, and market rule issues. Jay Ryan is recognized for his work in counselling clients on project development and energy regulatory mandates, including complex matters before FERC and the DOE. Andrea Stover, based in Austin, provides regulatory counsel to clients in the energy and natural resources sector.
Lawyer Rankings
- Energy regulation: electric power United States > Energy
- Energy regulation: oil and gas United States > Energy
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense